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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened |
| 3 | | to learn of the death of Nancy Arends of River Forest, who |
| 4 | | passed away on August 26, 2022 at the age of 88; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Arends was born on July 18, 1934 to the late |
| 6 | | Kirk and Virginia Holland; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Arends attended college at Northwestern |
| 8 | | University, where she joined the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority and |
| 9 | | graduated with a degree in education; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Arends, after graduating from Northwestern |
| 11 | | in 1956, married Chuck Arends in 1957, and shortly thereafter, |
| 12 | | they located to River Forest; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Arends taught at Irving Elementary School |
| 14 | | in Oak Park for over 35 years and, upon retirement, continued |
| 15 | | to work with young children at Galewood Child Care Center; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Arends was a longtime member of the River |
| 17 | | Forest Tennis Club and the First Presbyterian Church of River |
| 18 | | Forest; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Arends loved to knit and play cards, but |
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| 1 | | most of all, she loved watching her children and grandchildren |
| 2 | | participate in sports; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, At the time of her passing, Nancy Arends was |
| 4 | | survived by her children, Mary-Kirk (Robert) Reyff, Virginia |
| 5 | | (Robert) Palmer, Chuck (Susan) Arends, and Dan (Sue) Arends; |
| 6 | | her grandchildren, Kristy (Kyle) Wasser, Ryan Reyff, Heather |
| 7 | | Welesko, Kelly (Luke) Kirsh, Ryan (Stephanie) Palmer, Brittney |
| 8 | | (Steve) Berryman, DJ Arends, Taylor (Northey) Tretheway, and |
| 9 | | John Arends; her great-grandchildren, Tatton, Holland, Ruben, |
| 10 | | Ellen, Gwen, Vivian, Edith, Charlie, Jack, and Lucy; her |
| 11 | | siblings, Gay Mead Heppes and Sandra Nelson; and numerous |
| 12 | | nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL |
| 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 15 | | Nancy Arends and extend our sincere condolences to her family, |
| 16 | | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 18 | | presented to the family of Nancy Arends as an expression of our |
| 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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